Space Policy Edition: India’s growing space ambitions
The history of India’s space program is, in many ways, the inverse of that of the US and Russia. While the two superpowers were outpacing each other in space spectaculars in their early decades, India...
5 Jan 20241h 3min
Revisiting the discovery of phosphorus on Enceladus
This week on Planetary Radio, we are revisiting one of the biggest recent headlines in planetary science, the detection of Phosphorus in the oceans of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Phosphorus is a key ingr...
3 Jan 202459min
Looking back on 2023
Members of The Planetary Society staff revisit some of 2023's most exhilarating moments and groundbreaking discoveries in space this week on Planetary Radio. Kate Howells, Public Education Specialist,...
27 Des 202359min
Dragonfly soars to final design phase
NASA's Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan has been authorized to proceed with work on final mission design and fabrication, known as Phase C. This week on Planetary Radio, we get an update on th...
20 Des 20231h 13min
An astrogeologic experience with Kirby Runyon
Sometimes, when you want to learn more about other worlds, all you have to do is step out your door. Mat Kaplan, Planetary Radio's creator and former host, takes us on an adventure with planetary geol...
13 Des 20231h
The mystery of the largest marsquake ever recorded
What caused the largest marsquake ever recorded? Benjamin Fernando, a post-doctoral fellow from the University of Oxford, joins Planetary Radio this week to talk about the 4.7-magnitude marsquake reco...
6 Des 202349min
Space Policy Edition: Was the Space Shuttle a policy failure?
Was the Space Shuttle a successful program? In many ways, yes: it endured for 30 years, launched hundreds of astronauts into space, and built the International Space Station. But, according to the goa...
1 Des 202359min
Lucy's first asteroid flyby reveals a surprise moon
On Nov. 1, 2023, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, which is on a mission to investigate Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, made its first flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh. Hal Levison and Simone Marchi, the mission's princ...
29 Nov 202353min
